WBC lightweight titleholder Devin Haney chats with Fight Hype about Teofimo Lopez continuing to spout conspiracy theories surrounding his loss to George Kambosos Jr. Haney says he’s starting to have genuine concern for Lopez’s state of mind as he believes he’s demonstrating some serious issues. Haney on Lopez saying the Kambosos fight was fixed “How
Month: March 2022
Savannah “The Silent Assassin” Marshall’s defence of her WBO World Female Middleweight title against former WBO World Champion Femke Hermans takes place on Saturday 2nd April and will headline an event airing live and exclusively in the UK on Sky Sports. (photos by Lawrence Lustig) The show, previously scheduled for March, will be a co-promotion
Posted on 03/31/2022 By: Sean Crose “The 2022 Ring Masters Championships is set to begin this Friday, April 1st at the Westchester Country Club,” USA Boxing Metro has announced. “This inaugural event will open with 6 U.S. Marine Corps vs Metro Select Team bouts and conclude with the following Ring Masters bouts as per the attached
Issue • News • Premium Craig Derbyshire is trying to go somewhere no journeyman has gone before, writes Matt Bozeat NINE fights into his pro career, Craig Derbyshire wasn’t just waiting for his first win. He was waiting to land his first punch. “I went straight into pro boxing from cage fighting and there’s a
Undefeated welterweight contender Cody Crowley and world class trainer Derrick James are this week’s guests on The PBC Podcast. Both are preparing for the April 16 SHOWTIME pay-per-view card from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Crowley takes on hard-hitting veteran Josesito Lopez and James, of course, will work the corner of WBC/IBF Welterweight World Champion
Issue • News • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Linus Udofia will get his chance against Denzel Bentley, writes Elliot Worsell SIX years into his professional career, Luton’s patient and promising Linus Udofia finally gets his shot at the British middleweight title on May 13 in London (Indigo at The O2, Greenwich). To win the belt, the
Ugas was once a top 140 lb prospect, but losses to Johnny Garcia in 2012 and two in 2014 against Emanuel Robles and Amir Imam put his career in question, at least as far as becoming a serious contender. After nearly two years out of the ring, he returned to face rising welterweight Jamal James,
Jarrell Miller may not be in a position to compete for a heavyweight title (again) anytime soon, but he figures to play a sizable role in helping someone else defend his. The embattled Miller, a former top contender from Brooklyn who saw his once promising career implode from numerous failed drug tests, is assisting WBC
Posted on 03/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire are finally going to get it on in the ring again. With the WBA, IBF, and WBC bantamweight titles on the line the two men will meet for the second time on June 7th in Japan’s Saitama Super Arena. This, frankly, is one of
Rising boxing contender Ryan Garcia is bullish about his union with Joe Goossen. In February, Garcia called it quits training alongside Canelo Alvarez and his touted coach, Eddy Reynoso. The move ended a five-fight, 3 ½ run for Garcia under the guidance of the 2019 trainer of the year. The 23-year-old Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs)
Posted on 03/30/2022 By: Hans Themistode It isn’t uncommon to see even the biggest and most well-known fighters in the sport of boxing take on a few soft touches in the ring. That notion can become even more prevalent once a fighter spends a prolonged amount of time on the sidelines nursing injuries or inactivity.
4:12 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Janibek Alimkhanuly and Danny Dignum will meet for the WBO’s interim middleweight title on May 21, sources tell ESPN. No location has been finalized for the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN main event, but the bout will take place in the U.S. Former 130-pound titleholder Jamel Herring, who lost his
After missing out on a March 19th return to action due to illness, Tokyo lightweight silver medalist Keyshawn Davis is set to face 23-year-old Esteban Sanchez in Top Rank’s April 30th Valdez-Stevenson co-feature. The undercard “will be announced shortly.” Davis (4-0, 3 KO) fights for the second time since a terrific Olympic run ended in
Spanish veteran and former world champion Kiko Martinez has been advised to retire after the loss to Josh Warrington this past weekend. Martinez, 36, a genuine overachiever, can look back on a long tough career that began in 2004. Apparently, Team Martinez won’t bother with making an official protest despite the numerous more or less
Posted on 03/29/2022 By: Sean Crose “Saudi is the place we are in discussions with at the moment,” Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alexander Krassyuk has told the BBC. “Late June is the date we are looking at. Nothing has been confirmed on paper. We are working on it.” Though Krassyuk admits that there are no guarantees
11:54 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Naoye Inoue and Nonito Donaire are set to meet again in a rematch of ESPN’s 2019 Fight of the Year. Inoue, ESPN’s No. 3 pound-for-pound boxer, announced on social media that he’s set to fight Donaire on June 7 (a Tuesday) at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Inoue will
News Ryan Garcia on his struggles beyond the ropes, returning to the ring and why Gervonta Davis is the most realistic super-fight for him right now AFTER more than a year out of the ring, Ryan Garcia returns on April 9, when he boxes Emmanuel Tagoe at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Garcia needed that
WBC lightweight titleholder Devin Haney takes some time to chat with Fight Hype about his big upcoming undisputed fight with George Kambosos Jr and what it took to make the fight happen. Haney openly admits he had to acquiesce to all of Kambosos demands just ensure he didn’t miss out on this chance to secure
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